British Green Party leader claims Israeli false flag attacks

What happened

• At its annual conference in Brighton, the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring Zionism a racist ideology and the party anti-Zionist, by 1,022 votes to 813 according to JTA and JNS, which Israel Hayom reported as 56% to 44% of the 1,835 members who voted.Jewish Telegraphic AgencyJNS.orgwww.israelhayom.comIsrael HayomBBC
• The text also backs a single democratic Palestinian state across historic Palestine without mentioning Israel's existence, and a proposed clause shielding members tied to synagogues or Jewish groups that call themselves Zionist was voted down, JTA reported.Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe Times of IsraelIsrael Hayom
• Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish and has described himself as anti-Zionist, missed the vote but endorsed the text in a BBC interview, and Maariv reported he said there were examples of false flag attacks staged by Israel, pointing to the Hannibal Directive.JNS.orgMaarivIsrael Hayomynet
• Israel's Foreign Ministry said the party had stopped functioning as a political party and become a body legitimizing terror, and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar declared Polanski barred from entering Israel.Arutz ShevaJNS.orgArutz ShevaynetChannel 14Israel Hayom
• British Jewish organizations including the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council and CST condemned the motion, the European Greens distanced themselves from it, and a World Zionist Organization delegate tore up a copy outside Parliament echoing Chaim Herzog's 1975 gesture.Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe Times of IsraelFinancial TimesIsrael HayomChannel 14Israel National NewsArutz ShevaIsrael National NewsIsrael National News

Why it matters

The Jerusalem Post describes the Greens as the first mainstream European party to openly declare itself anti-Zionist, and the dispute has moved from party debate to a state-level response with an entry ban on a sitting British party leader.jpost.comArutz Shevaynet

Where coverage differs

• International mainstream outlets such as Reuters, the BBC and the Financial Times framed the story around the conference vote itself and the reaction it drew from Israel and Jewish groups, while Israeli outlets devoted separate pieces to Jerusalem's response, including the entry ban and the Foreign Ministry's terror-support wording.ReutersBBCFinancial TimesArutz ShevaArutz ShevaChannel 14Israel Hayom
• Right-leaning Israeli outlets also carried the symbolic and personal side of the story, including the tearing up of the resolution outside Parliament and a Jewish Green member describing being targeted, which the center and international links in this story did not lead with.Israel National NewsArutz ShevaIsrael HayomIsrael HayomReutersBBC

What pro-Israel voices are saying

• Jewish outlets covering the vote focused on what it means for Jews inside and around the party, with i24 framing the question as whether the anti-Zionist stance will alienate British Jews.